The Senate confirmation
hearing for Christopher Wray, Trump’s nominee for FBI Director to replace
James Comey, is today. His
nomination is questionable as he, too, has ties with Russia: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-fbi-wray-russia-627587 Let’s let our Senators know that this
ten-year position needs to be led by someone who does not have any type of
ties to foreign governments.

Majority leader Mitch
McConnell has fast-tracked the Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017
(S. 1460), bypassing committee consideration so that the bill can go
straight to the Senate floor http://bit.ly/2tARbTw While S. 1460 is
considered bipartisan (introduced by republican senator Lisa Murkowski and
cosponsored by democrat Maria Cantwell), there are numerous areas concern
within the bill. It would allow test projects to bypass environmental
impact studies, explicitly requires coal use to continue, and focuses
research and development on fossil fuels, rather than clean energy
solutions. Let's call on our senators to reject this problematic energy
bill.

Senate Democrats have
identified new potential allies in their effort to scuttle the current
health care proposal: Republican governors, particularly those who helped
expand Medicaid in their states under the Affordable Care Act. Several GOP
governors, especially those who took advantage of the law’s generous
federal funding to expand Medicaid coverage to able-bodied adults, have
raised concerns about the current Senate plan to not only cut $772 billion
from Medicaid by over the next decade but make even deeper reductions
after that through a revised spending formula. Those governors include
Doug Ducey, Ariz., John Kasich, Ohio, and Brian Sandoval, Nev. http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/senate-democrats-seek-to-ally-with-republican-governors-on-health/article_07674662-c314-5a9d-9680-fc0d61c8f83e.html
Let's help the democratic senators. This list contains the States that
have expanded Medicaid. If your republican governor is on this list,
please call them and ask them to encourage their senate reps to oppose the
Republican Health Care bill. NO BILL! NO REPEAL! https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/resources/primers/medicaidmap

AK, AL, AZ, CO, KY, LA,
ME, NV, OH, PA, WV: A Washington DC-based volunteer group, Herd on the
Hill, is collecting family photos for these states to blitz the senators
from this states with photos of families whose healthcare may be in
jeopardy. http://herdonthehill.org/about/ If
we are in this states: 1) Get a family photo or old holiday card. 2) In
red permanent marker, circle the people who would be affected by the AHCA
("Trumpcare") On back of the picture write how the AHCA would
affect you (eg: pre-existing conditions, reliance on Medicaid, pregnancy,
any other ACHA issue that matters to you 3) Write your own name and
address on the back too. This is a necessity. Without a verifiable
constituent name and address, your submission will not be counted.
4) Send ASAP to: Herd on the Hill, c/o Outrage, 2439 18th St. NW,
Washington DC 20009, Attn: Senator _____ (put your Senator's name here).
Here are the same directions on the Herd website: http://herdonthehill.org/noahca/
The Herd volunteers will be delivering bags of our photos to our Senators.
If we're in the states they are focusing on with healthcare, let's
help them out by contributing.

Other Actions

Using the title of her
2014 book, Sen, Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has a new website called Off the
Sidelines which is her “call to action to encourage every woman and girl
to make their voice heard on the issues they care about. Raising your
voice truly can change the world.”
Let’s take a look at her website and sign up to part of the
action: http://offthesidelines.org/

“The so-called
"Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017" would increase
fracking, allow the government to more easily approve dirty oil and gas
pipelines and exacerbate the climate crisis even more. Mitch
McConnell knows how unpopular this legislation is – so he's fast-tracking
the bill without a single public hearing.”
Let’s tell the Senate to reject it:
https://act.credoaction.com/sign/dirty_energy

From July
29th-September 29th, Swing Left will be hosting the Summer Challenge,
where they will be focusing on Democratic neighborhoods, making sure that
these voters are committed to voting in the upcoming elections. Let's sign
up to either host or attend a canvassing event http://bit.ly/2t0qFEi

Reading/Watching

Produced by one of our own
regular contributors, here's a short video offering a Canadian perspective
on Trump's travel (i.e. Muslim ban). Residents and citizens of Vancouver,
Canada share personal stories of how the ban has affected them in this
short, 2-minute video. Please share it widely; it's important that we all
understand the negative consequences of Trump's racist ban, and that the
effects are felt in many places -- not just in the US. A reminder, too,
that part of the ban is currently in effect and that the Supreme Court
will hear the case in the fall. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bygv6Mtept4cY1ZId1hOWFNUZVU/view

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Rogan’s List is a daily, thoroughly vetted action list for people who are unhappy with the current administration and who want to become more politically involved, but do not have time for the research. The compiler, Susan Goodrich Rogan, is a retired librarian who has worked in university, community college, and elementary school libraries. She is the mother of eleven and the grandmother of nine..